[MPlayer-dev-eng] The future of XXX_VID drivers

[David Holm]

Nick Kurshev wrote:

>Hello, David!
>
>On Sat, 17 Nov 2001 21:04:36 +0100 you wrote:
>
>>Nick Kurshev wrote:
>>
>>>Hello!
>>>
>>>After implementing of radeon_vid I have some suggestions about future of
>>>these drivers family.
>>>1. I've found that struct mga_vid_config_t should be expanded by vendor_id.
>>>2. It's gladly accepted to add new ioctl request: MGA_VID_QUERY_FORMAT
>>>3. In case when format is not supported, IMHO mplayer butnot vesa r vo_mga
>>>should decide what is best format in this case (looking at existing yuv2yuv or
>>>yuv2rgb stuff).
>>>4. IMHO word MGA is obsolete now and it would be better to raname it ;)
>>>5. What about hw support of saturation, brightness and gamma correction?
>>>IMHO these things are same as audio equalizer (which should be implemented too).
>>>6. Driver answer should be improved. (Currently if driver doesn't support some format
>>>vo_vesa writes : Your mga_vid_driver version is incompatible with mplayer
>>>that is lie.
>>>
>>>Best regards! Nick
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>>Won't a lot of these things be taken care of when I'm done with libvo2? 
>>When people start moving their devices to libvo2 they'll hopefully go 
>>through their code and resolve such issues...
>>
>Don't understand?
>I mean - radeon_vid and mga_vid stuff which are kernel drivers.
>But libvo2 is userland stuff.
>
Oh, sorry, thought you were talking about libvo stuff... I don't have a 
radeon or a mga =( (though I want one, radeon that is)

>
>>//David Holm
>>
>>But first, give me ao_pts =D
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